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Water Institute Research Conference 2018

Monday, September 24, 2018 — 8:30 AM to 8:00 PM EDT

Join the Water Institute on Monday, September 24 for a full day of interdisciplinary dialogue around water research at the University of Waterloo. Water Institute members and international Water Institute board members, including 2016 Stockholm Water Prize winner Joan Rose and 2018 Stockholm Water Prize winner Mark van Loosdrecht, will share their latest research and open up new opportunities for discussion and collaboration. Students from the Collaborative Water Program will also share insights from Waterloo’s most interdisciplinary graduate program.

Emerging Solutions to the Water Challenges of an Urbanizing WorldTove Larsen, Professor/Group Leader, Urban Water Management at Eawag, Switzerland

12:35-1:20 p.m.

LUNCH

1:20-2:20 p.m.

Watershed Management

Neocastorization of the World – Or How Damming of Rivers is Changing Global Biogeochemical Cycles Philippe Van Cappellen, Professor, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Waterloo; Canada Excellence Research Chair Laureate in Ecohydrology